Post pictures of your woodpile/splitting area

[Flymesouth]

Haha Zale,
True they do, but not from my yard! I've got 4 hd cameras and am (shhhhh don't tell) very well armed!

 

[bartman23]

That's not bad at all.
I have a bit of the lumber, but will need all the structural stuff.
I like your design for my place here and it's plenty big enough foe my shoulder-burning firewood needs by the looks of it.
My primary heat source is a large wood pellet stove of which I burn around 120 bags a season and I store them inside.
I was thinking of using tight spaced roof rafters and then putting PAL clear roofing on it to get suns heat on top in summer.
But that may cost way too much.
How big is it? What's the footprint of each cell and how high is the roof?

Each side is 7 1/2 x 8 and the roof is 7 1/2 sloping down to 6 1/2 if I remember correctly. Packed tight should hold 7 ish cords

 

[HartRabbino]

 

[jrider]

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What do you use the backhoe for?

 

[HartRabbino]

What do you use the backhoe for?

That is a mini excavator with a thumb. Easily the most useful piece of equipment I own. For firewood I use it to lift logs for cutting, loading truck with wood, cleanup etc. Im also a general contractor so it is a dual purpose machine.

 

[jrider]

That is a mini excavator with a thumb. Easily the most useful piece of equipment I own. For firewood I use it to lift logs for cutting, loading truck with wood, cleanup etc. Im also a general contractor so it is a dual purpose machine.

Loading whole logs or splits? I have a tractor with forks...wish it had a thumb more times than not.

 

[Marine5068]

Each side is 7 1/2 x 8 and the roof is 7 1/2 sloping down to 6 1/2 if I remember correctly. Packed tight should hold 7 ish cords

Nice! Thanks for the info.

 

[HartRabbino]

Loading whole logs or splits? I have a tractor with forks...wish it had a thumb more times than not.

For both. Before I got the built rite w log lift I used to use it to put bucks on the brave that the guys couldn't/ didn't want to lift.

 

[jrider]

For both. Before I got the built rite w log lift I used to use it to put bucks on the brave that the guys couldn't/ didn't want to lift.

It makes great sense for loading logs but it must take forever to load splits? I have a 5' bucket for my tractor but it takes so long to load with it, I can do it faster by hand. Might be a different story if I stored the wood on pavement or concrete but that's not an option for me.

 

[HartRabbino]

It makes great sense for loading logs but it must take forever to load splits? I have a 5' bucket for my tractor but it takes so long to load with it, I can do it faster by hand. Might be a different story if I stored the wood on pavement or concrete but that's not an option for me.

I have it in piles on dirt but I reach into pile and grab so it grabs a giant claw full at once. Buckets on tractor and bobcat seem to push too much stuff around. Been thinking about a rock bucket but conveyor first so I can cut back on labor when splitting

 

[blkcloud]

Here's mine..

 

[chucker]

added a few more splits over the week while waiting to make deliveries... maybe get the rest split this coming week ?

 

[briantutt]

Load 6 is on the ground! Bummer though the Bobcat keeps shutting itself off and throwing error code 14-02 fuel shut off solenoid error. [emoji35]

Brian

 

[ri chevy]

You'll have to go old school then. Lol
Doing it by hand. Manual labor style. Lol

 

[briantutt]

You'll have to go old school then. Lol
Doing it by hand. Manual labor style. Lol

I can't even imagine that, in fact me and my buddy probably jinxed it because we were just saying earlier in the day "how did anyone do this before machinery"

Brian

 

[chucker]

I can't even imagine that, in fact me and my buddy probably jinxed it because we were just saying earlier in the day "how did anyone do this before machinery"

Brian

! one piece at a time, like Johnny cash! lol

 

[bartman23]

You guys and your big machines sure beat my operation

 

[briantutt]

You guys and your big machines sure beat my operation

love the GSP!

Brian

 

[Cowboy254]

You guys and your big machines sure beat my operation

Your mate did the sawing and loading and is waiting for you to push the wheelbarrow?

 

[hardpan]

You guys and your big machines sure beat my operation

But, but, your machine repair time consists of petting a fine dog. Priceless.